The city’s Zoning Board of Appeal voted on Tuesday to approve a 5-story, 56-unit apartment building on what is now a vacant lot at 1970 Dorchester Ave., next to the Ashmont Red Line station. No one spoke against the proposal at the hearing.

Developer Tim Long’s building will have 32 studios, 24 one-bedroom units, and 56 bike spaces, but just five parking spaces. Under an agreement with the BPDA, which approved the project earlier this month, residents of the building will not be allowed to have Dorchester residential parking permits.

The studios will range in size from 450 to 629 square feet; the one-bedroom units between 625 and 755 square feet. The building will have ground-floor commercial space, a gym/media room, and a roof deck.

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