diff --git a/frigate/config/classification.py b/frigate/config/classification.py
index 0ad86da27..7f4f39bbd 100644
--- a/frigate/config/classification.py
+++ b/frigate/config/classification.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class CameraFaceRecognitionConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
         default=500, title="Min area of face box to consider running face recognition."
     )
 
-    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="ignore", protected_namespaces=())
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid", protected_namespaces=())
 
 
 class LicensePlateRecognitionConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ class CameraLicensePlateRecognitionConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
         le=10,
     )
 
-    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="ignore", protected_namespaces=())
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid", protected_namespaces=())
diff --git a/frigate/config/config.py b/frigate/config/config.py
index 373e08376..2470818b0 100644
--- a/frigate/config/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config/config.py
@@ -472,8 +472,24 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
         )
 
         for name, camera in self.cameras.items():
+            modified_global_config = global_config.copy()
+
+            # only populate some fields down to the camera level for specific keys
+            allowed_fields_map = {
+                "face_recognition": ["enabled", "min_area"],
+                "lpr": ["enabled", "expire_time", "min_area", "enhancement"],
+            }
+
+            for section in allowed_fields_map:
+                if section in modified_global_config:
+                    modified_global_config[section] = {
+                        k: v
+                        for k, v in modified_global_config[section].items()
+                        if k in allowed_fields_map[section]
+                    }
+
             merged_config = deep_merge(
-                camera.model_dump(exclude_unset=True), global_config
+                camera.model_dump(exclude_unset=True), modified_global_config
             )
             camera_config: CameraConfig = CameraConfig.model_validate(
                 {"name": name, **merged_config}
diff --git a/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py b/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py
index afd5c8280..c67f11956 100644
--- a/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py
+++ b/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py
@@ -1221,7 +1221,10 @@ class LicensePlateProcessingMixin:
             license_plate_area = (license_plate[2] - license_plate[0]) * (
                 license_plate[3] - license_plate[1]
             )
-            if license_plate_area < self.lpr_config.min_area:
+            if (
+                license_plate_area
+                < self.config.cameras[obj_data["camera"]].lpr.min_area
+            ):
                 logger.debug(f"{camera}: License plate area below minimum threshold.")
                 return