Sec 12-1201. Private way of necessity defined

"Private way of necessity" as used in this article means right of way on, over, across, or through the land of another for means of ingress and egress, and the construction and maintenance thereon of roads, overhead transmission lines, pole lines, power lines, canals, ditches, flumes, shafts, tunnels, pipe lines, drains, including, but not limited to, embankments, diversion dams, dikes, ditches, canals, flumes and levees for the purpose of removing water from land or preventing accumulation of water on land, and tramways, including, but not limited to, aerial tramways and industrial railroads, for mining, milling, lumbering, agricultural, domestic or sanitary purposes.