Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis has two words for the Grinches who have been stealing the free parking spaces intended for city holiday season shoppers: Scrooge you!

Unlike previous years in which the city waived parking fees at municipal lots in December — to spur local holiday shopping — people will have to pay up this year.

The mayor is blaming "out-of-town” commuters who he says bypass the NJ Transit lots at the light rail stations and instead use the free municipal lots this month.

“In recent years, the city ... has offered free parking in municipal parking lots for non-commercial vehicles during the month of December," Davis said in a statement. "That policy was intended to encourage Christmas shopping in Bayonne.

"However, the free parking policy was abused by out-of-town commuters who parked their cars in the lots for several hours while they took the light rail to work in New York.”

Mel Stock, who owns Barney Stock Hosiery Shops on Broadway, said he always advertises that the parking is free and had already done so again this year. He was not aware that the policy would change, he said.

“I think it’s terrible,” Stock said. “I think there should be definitely no charge.”

His store always sees an increase in shoppers during the holiday season but free parking contributes to that, he said.

Parking at light rail stations at 22nd and 34th streets is $3 per day. Parking in the municipal lot is 25 cents per half hour and a maximum of $5 per day.

Officials say Staten Islanders drive across the Bayonne Bridge, park their cars in the municipal lots and then take the light rail into Manhattan.

The Parking Utility, the city department that manages the municipal lots, has observed many cars with New York license plates parked in its lots during daytime hours on weekdays, officials said.

Jimmy Oddo, Staten Island borough president, said it’s not fair to single out Staten Island commuters, especially since "our park & rides on the South Shore of Staten Island are filled with NJ plates taking precious spots away from our commuters,” he said in a tweet.

New York City Councilman Joe Borelli, who represents the South Shore of Staten Island, responded in a tweet: “We need to do the same! It’s unfair our (free) lots get filled by jersey boys.”

Davis was clear in blaming non-Bayonne residents, saying “the free parking policy turned many spaces in the parking utility lots into free, daylong commuter parking for people who are not Bayonne residents.”

The mayor noted that the city is still offering free parking on Sundays, and on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.

At Jewelry By Peter, also on Broadway, the owner was not concerned about losing business.

Free parking never affected the store because it isn’t close enough to a public parking lot, said co-owner Robin Kopacz.

“As a retailer I’m not really bothered by it,” she said. “If it was free parking for all the spots, I could see, but it never has been. The municipal lots only affect between 20th and 27th Street.”

People don’t go out to shop just because there’s free parking, she said.