The city elects to foreclose all local assessments and installments thereof, whether levied prior to the effective date of Chapter 275 of the 1927 Session Laws of Washington or subsequent to such date, in accordance with the provisions of the chapter: provided, that wherever the city has initiated the foreclosure of any delinquent assessments or installments thereof under the provisions of Chapter XXII of Remington’s Compiled Statutes of Washington, the city clerk-treasurer may carry such foreclosure proceeding to completion as provided in Chapter XXII or may proceed to foreclose anew under, the provisions of Chapter 275 of the 1927 Session Laws of Washington. (Ord. 1337, §23, 1980).