Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum:
Supreme Court erred in converting this CPLR article 78 proceeding to a declaratory judgment action. A CPLR article 78 proceeding is the proper vehicle where, as here, a party challenges a municipal determination to grant an application under a previously created statutory scheme (see, Press v County of Monroe,
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