VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PARKING FACILITY

A parking facility that includes two or more parking areas/levels/sublots that are subject to different parking rules and/or cost structures employs cameras to monitor exit events for each separate parking area/level/sublot that is subject to different parking rules and/or cost structures. Vehicle parking is monitored for each different parking area by reading a vehicle characteristic with a camera, such as a license plate reading (LPR) camera where plates of vehicles exiting each sublot can be read. As the vehicle is determined to be exiting a first sublot, it is removed from the tally for that first sublot and simultaneously added to the tally for the second sublot. Additional sublots are monitored and tallied in a similar manner.