Before any rule or regulation is adopted, amended, or repealed by the board of appeals, there shall be a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least once, not less than 10 days prior thereto, in a daily newspaper published in Montgomery and in such other newspaper or newspapers as the board of appeals may prescribe. Any person interested shall have a right to be heard at such hearing.
Ala. Code § 25-2-17 (1975)