In a commercial lease can the landlord dictate what hours you are permitted to operate?

I run a dance center and there are NEW tenants in the building who are trying to get me to start teaching later in the day, with my lease up for renewal and I wondering if it CAN be dictated or if I rent the space(and have been there for more than 15 years)then it is mine to do as i choose when I choose?

If it's in the lease agreement. Has the landlord remained the same since you have been in the location? That said, they should know by the nature of your business that you may not have conventional hours of operation.

read the lease and see if specific hours are listed in it for your business..... if not, run the studio as you have been for 15 years, the tenants will have to move not you....
talk to the landlord also and tell him your dilema with the new tenants, you have been there 15 years, if he doesn't know a good thing when he has it,and refuses to deal with them... then you need to move out.....

The best way to address this is to use a specific clause in the Lease renewal that dictates the hours that you, the tenant, may use the space. It should be some thing like:

"Tenant may occupy this area from 12:01 AM - 11/1/2007 to 11:59 PM 10/31/2008 for the operation of a commercial dance studio."

This way you are locked in and have recourse against any charge against your hours of operation.

read your lease, yes a landlord can dictate your operating hours, it would be stated so in ur lease. most businesses stipulate their normal business hours which they must abide by. if u dont ur violating the terms of your lease. i doubt u can rent a portion of your property to someone else bc that is subleasing and subleasing is illegal without landlord consent. speak to your landlord if this is somethign ur interested in doing before u get urself in too deep/