Inverkeithing residents have been stung for parking in their own streets.
People living in Bannerman Avenue and Struan Place have been hit with £30 fines, which increase to £60 after 14 days, for not updating their parking permits.
Councillor Alice McGarry said she had been contacted by outraged constituents.
She said: “There are people with expired permits, but they didn’t know they had expired permits. There was nothing in the literature to tell them it had expired.
“Some have been out of date for a year and the council in all that time never contacted them to tell them. People are outraged.
“I’ve written to the council and asked them to write them all off. They should have advised residents that their permits had an end date.
“It’s not as if they are refusing to renew their permits to save money. The permits are free anyway.”
Parking permits are issued to residents to allow them to park near their homes, while preventing commuters from parking in the street.
Mrs McGarry added: “These places don’t have a commuter parking problem now. There’s plenty of space in the street. If it was free for commuters it would be absolutely packed.
“But there is no need to punish the people who live there. People have just been told it’s hard lines. The council have been really heavy handed.”
Fife Council service manager Angus Carmichael said: “This scheme was put in place to help the residents in the area.
“To make it work for them we need to enforce the parking restrictions but without a valid permit our officers can’t tell which cars belong to residents and which belong to commuters. People could move house but take advantage of an old permit.
“We need eligible scheme members to display a valid permit and promptly notify us of any change of address or vehicle. The majority of residents have successfully renewed their permits in Inverkeithing since the scheme’s implementation in 2010.”