(a) Special assessment and all interest and charges thereon from the date of confirmation of the roll shall be and remain a lien upon the property assessed of the same character and effect as the lien created by General Law for State and County taxes until paid.
(b) Interest at a rate to be determined by the City Council as of the date of confirmation of the assessment roll per annum shall be collected on deferred installments.
(c) From such date after confirmation as shall be fixed by the City Council, the same penalties and collection fee shall be paid on delinquent installments of special assessments as paid on delinquent City taxes as provided by this Charter.
(d) Delinquent special assessments shall be returned to the County Treasurer for collection and shall be handled in the same manner as are delinquent general City taxes; provided, that no delinquent special assessments, nor any delinquent installment shall be returned to the County Treasurer for collection unless and until the delinquency has continued for a period of six (6) months, nor until the first day of March next following such six (6) months delinquency. All assessments are to be placed immediately on the tax roll.