I have a right of way on a portion of my property for my neighbor to access his garage and a small parking area. The neighbor does not have a separate driveway, however the neighborhood does permit on street parking in front of his house.
The problem is my neighbor has alot of visitors who travel down the right of way and use a separate part of my driveway that is NOT part of the right of way for turning around.
The right of way on the deed says "...the right of way to the grantee, her heirs ans assigns forever, for passing and repassing with teams or otherwise, over a strip of land 12 feet in width, extending 77 feet...". (this was written in the year 1912)
A dispute has risen with the neighbor in which they claim that the right of way is for them and their friends to use whenever they want, whether on foot, bike or car, and for that reason we are to restrain our children/pets from playing in the right of way; and has instructed our visitors to move their vehicle when they have stopped to speak with us in the driveway and no other vehicles are trying to pass or enter. The neighbor claims that the right of way has all the rights of a common driveway or private way.
My interruption is that we have to allow access only for the owners of the dwelling (grantee)(not all visitors), and they do not have any rights to restrain our use of the right of way.
Is my understanding accurate?