Hey guys,
I've been told you guys are the place to go for easement questions. So, in fair New Jersey, where we lay our scene-
My grandmother lives at the dead end of a narrow lane, coming off of a larger road. There are only a few other houses on the lane, all but one of them owned by elderly people who moved there 40-50 years ago. The outlier is Lisa, who lives directly next to my grandmother, a younger woman who has had quarrels with every one of the lane dwellers (over another easement issue, actually, and over the rather sketchy and dubious nature of her inheriting the house from the previous owner, which I could go on about for days but I'll spare you all), and who moved there in about 2004.
The lane, as stated, is very narrow and has a huge tree right in the middle of it. It's situated in a way that makes backing out of the lane quite dangerous, and the narrowness of the lane makes it impossible for two cars to pass each other. So, for as long as the older residents have lived there, they turn around to leave the lane by driving up, turning in front of Lisa's and my grandmother's houses where the lane is wider, and driving back down.
After years of being apparently fine with the long-standing arrangement, Lisa has just decided this past week that she is sick of people turning in front of her house, and afraid that it will disturb the rocks there (the lane is a gravel one. So, citing the three-four feet of her property that extend into the lane, she's banned anyone from turning in front of the house, except her one or two favorites. This essentially cut my grandmother off from her own driveway and making it extremely difficult for the other residents, and their grown children who come once or twice a week to check on them, to get in and out.
So, is she legally able to do this, or does the long-standing pattern of use prevent her from enforcing her ban?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Edit: Now with a badly drawn map
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